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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Tell AirBnB not to rent vacation homes on stolen Palestinian land atie Miranda katie@katiemiranda.com via aweber.com You may have heard recently about the controversy with AirBnB, a company that allows people rent or find lodging, often in private homes. In an Al Jazeera article, journalist Kate Shuttleworth uncovered the sketchy truth; AirBnB is facilitating the renting of properties in Jewish settlements on stolen Palestinian land. AirBnB may become the next target for the BDS Movement, however Palestinians in the West Bank also list their properties for rent in AirBnB. So I`m not sure if a full out boycott of AirBnB is ethical. I`m sure the BDS committee will come up with some guidelines around this if they haven`t already. In the meantime, I`d recommend reading Phil Weiss` investigative article about his 5 days undercover in Israeli settlements using AirBnB; very eye opening ! http://mondoweiss.net/2016/01/among-the-settlers/ Do you have a minute to sign a petition sponsored by MoveOn.org to be delivered to Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb asking him to stop listing vacation rentals in West Bank settlements on on website, or identify them as being in the West Bank. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/airbnb-stop-listing-vacation In Solidarity, -Katie Miranda. www.katiemiranda.com Links to the latest articles in this section June 4, 2020 - "UN Forum: Threats of Annexation and the Prospects for Peace”, livestreamed on UN Web Israeli Court Rules Against Demolition of Dozens of Palestinian Family Homes ‘Justice for Iyad, justice for George’: Hundreds protest police killing of Palestinian in Jerusalem